Final-Exam Grade Needed
The score needed on the final to reach a target course grade, plus the maximum and minimum possible final grades.
Example
You enter
- Current grade (%) 88
- Final exam weight (%) 25
- Target grade (%) 90
You get
- Needed final score 96
- Max (%) 91
Checked against published worked examples from: Weighted-average syllabus arithmetic.
Details, formula, and sources
ScopeThe score needed on the final to reach a target course grade, plus the maximum and minimum possible final grades, by weighted average.
Formula or tableneeded = (target - current*(1 - w_f)) / w_f, w_f = final_weight/100; max = current*(1-w_f) + 100*w_f; min = current*(1-w_f).
Source and editionStandard weighted-average arithmetic (the common syllabus weighted-category convention); the instructor's gradebook governs, by name.
Free accessPure public algebra.
What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
API field namescurrent_pct, final_weight_pct, target_pct, needed_pct, max_pct
- Weighted average the final and the graded-so-far portion combine by weightsyllabus convention